Gone straight

06.02.2006

Q. Are you going to publish an autobiography?

A. Yes, although I have not started working on it yet. I will, hopefully, get a chance to start once I arrive back from SA.

Q. It almost sounds as if the authorities could not quite grasp where your hacking abilities were. I read somewhere that people thought that you could launch a nuclear missile attack by simply whistling in the phone?

A. I do not think that it was a case of them not being able to grasp my hacking abilities - they knew I was some sort of menace to society. But what you mentioned above is quite true - and actually quite funny - imagine being able to launch a world-wide nuclear attack by simply whistling into the phone! This was just a ploy by the prosecutors to try and sway the judge more in their favour.

Q. You are known as a notorious hacker. You now run a security firm. This is quite a transformation. What does it feel like to be working on the other side of the fence? Do you miss the thrill of hacking? Any speculation?